She is currently Professor of Percussion and Chamber Music at UNIRIO and Professor of the Professional Graduate Program – PROEMUS. Timpanist and section leader of the Brazilian Women’s Symphony Orchestra. Develops an extensive study on the technique of six drumsticks, with several Brazilian works commissioned and premiered by her.
As a soloist, he has performed in the following orchestras: Latin American Wind Orchestra (OLV-Yamaha), University of Georgia Wind Orchestra (USA), Cordoba Symphony Orchestra (AR), Brazilian Wind Orchestra, Brazilian Bachiana Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra do Espírito Santo, UFRJ Wind Orchestra, Volta Redonda String Orchestra, Volta Redonda Symphonic Band, among others.
She has taught classes at several national and international universities, such as: University of Georgia, Eastman School of Music and New York University. She was guest professor at the NeXt Meeting of Contemporary Music (University of Georgia), V Vacation Course at the Conservatório de Tatuí, Funarte Panel of Bands, the 1st Meeting of South Fluminense Band Musicians (Barra Mansa), and the Encuentro Latinoamericano de Wind Orchestras.
She has more than 20 works, including solos and concerts, dedicated to her, including “Encontros”, by Edmundo Villani-Côrtes, “Vibrações Variantes”, by Nikolai Brucher”, “Estudios Pictóricas and “Relógios Antigas” by Marcos Lucas, “Mar do Norte”, “O Olhar da Santa” and “A Prima do Pedro”, by Sergio Roberto de Oliveira, among many others. She participated as a teacher in the “Yamaha Orquesta Latinoamericana de Vientos” project, being responsible for the annual selection of the percussion section for the project.
She was a professor at UFRJ and, as coordinator of the percussion group, participated in the V Latin American Percussion Meeting. She was the winner of the Furnas Geração Musical Rio de Janeiro Contest, in 2006; finalist for the Armando Prazeres Prize for Young Soists and the Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia Contest for Young Soloists, both in 2005. Latin American countries (2002) and the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra’s tour of the United States (2001).
As a chamber musician, he participates in several groups, including Duo Croma, with pianist Marina Spoladore; and the trio Duo Santoro and Ana Letícia Barros. Ana Letícia Barros is a Doctor in Music, Licensed by UNIRIO and Bachelor in Percussion by the Brazilian Conservatory of Music. She worked for thirteen years as 1st Timpanist of the Civil Symphonic Band of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Professor of Percussion at UFRJ in 2008 and 2009, as professor of the Classical Steel Project, in Volta Redonda, since 2005, and as coordinator of percussion of the Contemporary Brazilian Music Biennials for two consecutive editions, from 2008 to 2012.